Population
Patients undergoing permanent transvenous cardiac pacing
Design
Case_series
Authors
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Highlights fatal pulmonary artery puncture risk with subclavian access; leaves open optimal training thresholds for safe pacemaker implantation.
Subclavian venipuncture for pacemaker implantation is effective and rapid but requires significant experience to avoid severe complications such as pulmonary artery puncture.
John M. Kessinger (1982) studied this question.
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